Kobe to Hiroshima train

Trains from Kobe to Hiroshima start at €38.84 and take 2h 46m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Kobe to Hiroshima starts at €38.84 and takes 2h 46m door to door, run by 2 operators over 290 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 9, 2026Priced for September 28, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 2h 46mDoor to door
  • 2h 2mMoving
  • €38.84From
  • 9.6 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€33.89
  1. West Japan Railway WJ921807:301h 27m08:57Kōbe StationFukuyama Station
  2. West Japan Railway WJ746710:0149m10:50Fukuyama StationHiroshima Station

Changes at Fukuyama, with 64 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 4h 4mCO2 9.6 kgChanges 1Refundable

Fastest€41.59
  1. Central Japan Railway Company CJ110806:032h 2m08:05Kōbe StationHiroshima Station

Door to door 2h 46mCO2 9.6 kgChanges 0Refundable

Carriers

Rail operators

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFrom
Central Japan Railway Company€37.19
West Japan Railway€38.84

That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Hiroshima is not something we sell.

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Booking window

When to book Kobe to Hiroshima

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €30.5990 days
  2. €30.0460 days
  3. €36.6445 days
  4. €31.6930 days
  5. €37.1921 days
  6. €39.3914 days
  7. €56.997 days
  8. €80.093 days
  9. €113.091 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €30.04.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 276 percent. The most expensive point is €113.09, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €54.79Sun
  2. €41.04Mon
  3. €40.49Tue
  4. €39.39Wed
  5. €52.59Thu
  6. €46.54Fri
  7. €48.19Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Kobe

Rail
  • Kōbe Station
  • Kōbekō Station
  • Shin‐Kobe Station

Hiroshima

Rail
  • Hiroshima Station
  • Nishi-Hiroshima Station
  • Hiroshima Freight Terminal
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

Direct or connecting
33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 290 km against 252 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Okayama, Fukuyama, Himeji, Kurashiki. The gap between arriving and leaving is 60 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Kobe at 06:03 and the last at 07:30, across 6 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Kobe to Hiroshima

The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does the Train from Kobe to Hiroshima take?

The Train from Kobe to Hiroshima takes 2h 46m door to door, of which 2h 2m is spent moving. The route runs 290 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Train from Kobe to Hiroshima cost?

The Train from Kobe to Hiroshima starts at €38.84 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €38.84. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Train from Kobe to Hiroshima?

2 operators run the Train from Kobe to Hiroshima: Central Japan Railway Company, West Japan Railway. Between them they file around 6 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Train from Kobe to Hiroshima use?

The Train from Kobe to Hiroshima leaves from Kōbe Station and arrives at Hiroshima Station. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

When should I book the Train from Kobe to Hiroshima?

Fares for the Train from Kobe to Hiroshima bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €30.04. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 276 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Kobe to Hiroshima produce?

The Train from Kobe to Hiroshima produces about 9.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 290 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Train from Kobe to Hiroshima?

Operators on the Train from Kobe to Hiroshima publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 46m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.

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On this page
Every figure above was computed for Kobe to Hiroshima on September 9, 2026: 290 km of route against 252 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €38.84, and 2h 46m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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